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Game #4000

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 9 January 1988

3rd Round

🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Allan Evans (50)
⭐ Club Record

🟨 Paul Birch (5)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.21 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.26 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.34 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-1

🟩 9 Jan 1988, Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road
Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 37' | Andy A Gray | 59' |

Assist(s) | Garry Thompson | 37' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Garry Thompson
🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 2-1, (Leeds United), Bobby Davison
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans
🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch

Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #34 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 9 January 1988

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1978-1992
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1978-1992

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 60 | 🟩 W26 (43% ) | 🟨 D16 | 🇺(70% ) | 🟥 L18 (30% ) | ⚽ 94 | 🥅 86 | GD 8

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 34 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 10 🟥 6 | 1.88

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

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FA Cup

Leeds United

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Elland Road

Attendance: 29,002

GK Mervyn Day (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Glynn Snodin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Neil Aspin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Jack Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Peter Haddock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Batty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M John Sheridan | 🇮🇪 |
F Bobby Davison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Bob Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Billy Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Peter Mumby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

208

207*

🔥

0

1

🟩

76

🟨

60

🟥

72

57

🥅

284

RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

34

34

🔥

2

8

🟩

18

🟨

10

🟥

6

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

425

417

🔥

60

14

🟩

171

🟨

111

🟥

143

CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

75

74

🔥

2

2

🟩

26

🟨

23

🟥

26

LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

35

35

🔥

0

2

🟩

18

🟨

10

🟥

7

M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

27

27

🔥

3

1

🟩

16

🟨

7

🟥

4

M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

44

41

🔥

15

4

🟩

18

🟨

14

🟥

12

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

161

152

🔥

19

19

🟩

59

🟨

43

🟥

59

M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

6

6

🔥

2

0

🟩

5

🟨

1

🟥

0

CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

49

48

🔥

14

7

🟩

15

🟨

15

🟥

19

CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

20

17

🔥

5

4

🟩

11

🟨

6

🟥

3

Substitutes
None
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa beat Leeds in the FA Cup to leave them unbeaten in nine with 🟩 six wins in all competitions.

  • Villa 🟩 win for the twelfth time away from home this season as they survive a bizarre refereeing decision to allow Leeds a goal despite the scorer elbowing Nigel Spink 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • Centre back Martin Keown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (74 Starts).

What they Said

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